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June, trying to adapt to widowhood, makes a new and unexpected
acquaintance through a donation to charity. We follow her progress,
aided or otherwise by her step-daughter, a former colleague of her
husband’s, and her own unique way of keeping in touch with her previous
life. A strong play, lightened with humour and plenty of laughs.

Playing 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 28 and 29 September

Friday & Saturdays at 7.30pm, Sunday 24th at 6pm, Sunday 24th at 2pm

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There Goes the Bride - an AUDITION

Saturday 26th
August 1.30pm

Directed by: Janine Francis

Season: NOV 4 – NOV 25 2017

Genre: Farce - is a teamwork effort and is quite difficult
to do well. Timing is everything. The actors must be dynamic and precise in
their delivery with a belief that the situation is real.

ACTORS REQUIRED:

URSULA WESTERBY – She is in
her forties, attractive & organised.

JUDY WESTERBY – She is about
20 and attractive.

DR GERALD DRIMMOND – He is in
his late sixty’s. There are still signs of his perfect bedside manner but he’s
now somewhat vague and a little deaf.

DAPHNE DRIMMOND – She is in
her late sixties, forceful and very much in command of all her faculties.

CHARLES BABCOCK – He is a
large bronzed man in his fifties, and speaks with a strong Australian accent.

Note: Playwrights description of characters. Ages are only a guide.All cast apart from Babcock have an
upper British accent.

ROLES:

The
linchpin role belongs to Timothy Westerby; he’s the focus of all the confusion
and is on stage for most of the play.

In
the second act, moreover, he has a couple of Ginger Rogers/Fred Astaire dancing
scenes with Polly… so both need to be able to sing and dance.

The Westerby female family members are Ursula (the
mother), Judy (the daughter), and Daphne Drimmond (the grandmother). I am
hoping with good casting that it is easy to imagine these three are related to
one another.

The cast is ably rounded off by Bill Shorter, in a
supporting role as Timothy’s business partner, and, in the second act, the Australian father of the groomCharles
Babcock.

The absolute delight in this play is Dr. Gerald
Drimmond, (grandfather of the bride). He is confused, somewhat deaf, and
possibly mildly senile. As such, his role of course serves to increase the
already considerable confusion.

Synopsis

Timothy Westerby is an advertising executive under considerable stress
to launch an important ad campaign for a bra manufacturer; this in addition to
the stress of his daughter’s expensive wedding.

It is the morning of the wedding. He arrives home from the florist with
a cardboard cut-out of a 1920’s flapper which he intends to use in the ad
campaign. An accident in which he hits his head results in him imagining that
the cut-out is a real girl going by the name of Polly Perkins, who in turn
wants to seduce him.

Unfortunately, only Timothy can see and hear
her. The end result is that the other characters slowly become convinced that
the strain of both work and the wedding have sent Timothy over the edge.

Adding to the confusion is the addled
grandfather; the daughter distraught that her father will not likely walk her
down the aisle (and who disappears in tears to her room several times, thus the
title of the play); and a series of phone calls with Charles Babcock, the
Australian father of the groom, in which all sorts of inappropriate things are
said and false promises are made both on the phone and in person.

So, when Timothy hits his head a second time,
whoever thinks that Polly will now disappear into thin air is badly mistaken
there is worse to come…